Cessna 152 N48410

Summary

On 21 July 2019 at about 17:41 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N48410 was involved in an accident near Fredericksburg, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 July 2019 at 17:41

Classification

Accident

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States

Coordinates

30.3358, -98.8394

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N48410

Category

Airplane

Year built

1977

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fredericksburg → Georgetown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN19LA232

Nobody was injured.

A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

While in cruise flight at 3,500 ft, the pilot and flight instructor-rated passenger heard the engine begin to run rough. They completed the emergency checklist for a loss of engine power and chose to return to the departure airport; however, the engine continued to lose power and the pilots performed a forced landing to a field, during which the airplane impacted a barbed wire fence. The atmospheric conditions at the time of the accident were conducive to the development of serious carburetor icing at descent power; however, the engine was operating at cruise power at the time of the accident. The airplane's engine was test run at the accident site; the engine started and ran with no anomalies noted. The reason for the loss of engine power could not be determined based on the available information.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.